Game of Thrones Season 6
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10 (The Winds of Winter)
June 28, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
There’s a splendid Robin Williams stand-up routine from the 80s where he talks about being a new father and the shock of seeing a soiled nappy for the first time.
“You may have been a lumberjack, … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9 (Battle of the Bastards)
June 21, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
Was this it? Was this the moment television finally overtook cinema as the pre-eminent popular art form of our age? Given the mediocrity on display at the summer box office, versus what’s being served up to … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 8 (No-One)
June 14, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
The time for talking is nearly over and the time for hitting and stabbing is as good as upon us. No-One was an episode steeped in the promise of violence, the notion of violence, and actual … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 7
June 7, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
It’s rare for an episode of Game of Thrones to have a pre-credits sequence. Season openers, maybe, and the odd other here and there. But the bombshell dropped on us at the start of this seventh … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 6
May 31, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
So what have we had up to the halfway point in this sixth season of Game of Thrones?
A resurrection, a lot of sitting around, some manoeuvring and then, as the entire planet has been reminding … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 5 (The Door)
May 24, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers.
You’d need Doc Brown riding in on the back of a T-800 to explain away the end of the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
The timey-wimey conceit of its central storyline, so beloved of fantasy … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 4
May 17, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers. OK, now we’re talking. Episode 4 of Season 6 is prime Game of Thrones, offering the triple whammy of strong character work, much needed emotional heft, and a rousing, thunderous finale the likes of which we … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 3 (Oathbreaker)
May 10, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers. For more on how to catch up with Game of Thrones, click here.
Could it be said that this episode of Game of Thrones was a little on the dull side?
In terms of anything of … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 2
May 3, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers. For more on how to catch up with Game of Thrones, click here.
If there’s maybe one thing you could have a grumble about when it comes to Game of Thrones, it’s the show’s tendency to … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 1 (The Red Woman)
April 26, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers. For more on how to catch up with Game of Thrones, click here. Episode 1 is available on-demand until 24th May.
All men must die. At least two low to mid-level slaughterings in this opening outing … Read More